FAQ
Radars Direct Australia are aware of many other FAQs offered on various websites, so we have decide to cover questions which are usually on half-answered in the industry.
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What is the best Radar Detector for WA? Good Question!
Test’s show that the radar detector to provide the best consistency and most advanced warnings for the Multanova 6F is the Valentine One Radar Detector. The V1 being the only radar detector, under the $800 price range to provide adequate warnings to front facing, and rear facing Multanova setups. Rear facing setups are significantly harder to detect with a radar detector as the radar beam emitted from the camera is projected in a opposite direction to where you car is coming from, making the only chance of receiving a warning to KA relying on your radar detector’s ability to pick up KA scatter.
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If you live outside of Western Australia
Many customer’s assume a radar/laser detector, will protect you against all speed traps. The fact is, a radar detector only protects you against radar threats. Being able to detect laser will not prevent the officer’s laser hand held gun from recording your speed with-in 1.-1.5 seconds! To drive with a peace of mind, a radar detector is not always enough! Blinder Laser Jammer’s work by preventing the officer’s gun from instantly recording your speed. A slower reading is obtained after 3-4 seconds, with-in this time you have adjusted your speed, switched the unit off and aren’t going to be receiving a ticket.
What do I need to buy in order to drive with a peace of mind on the road?
In Perth most people know about Radar Detectors, not many people know about what Laser Jammers and Detectors are, it is only till now where they are a necessity if you want to drive with a peace of mind. Some radar retailers including Radars Direct are pushing to buy a laser jammer to ‘defeat’ these new speed cameras. This is a good thing! Although there are a few problems arising. We aren’t going to join the retailer battles that are going on between certain companies. Although we know that a lot of customers pay top dollar for inferior products when they don’t know any better. Our advice is, spend you money wisely, do some research before you buy, and you will find that BLINDER are a great jammer and parking assist system especially for the price. Blinder Laser Jammers perform well against all LIDAR (handheld laser) gun’s used in WA.
- LTI Ultralyte 100pps/125pps (WA, also used is the Compact LTi Ultralyte)
- Pro Laser III -Kustom
- Lti TruCam ( TruSpeed LIDAR with an integrated video camera)
Beating the new Poliscan Speed Cameras
Please contact us via phone or email if you would like to discuss options on how to protect your license and wallet from the latest laser Poliscan speed cameras.
Some testing has been carried out, results and studies showed that they way laser jammer algorithms work, the timing needs to be VERY FAST and at present to achieve this will cause decreased sensitivity to other laser guns. At present jamming appears very difficult but not impossible. The warning distance is 200 – 400m which is pretty good. This would be good enough for anyone and better than 95% of radar detectors against the Multanova that are around at present. The GOOD news is as soon as a jamming algorithm is available you will be able to download this firmware onto your Blinder Laser Jammers CPU via your computer! Of course this feature is only available to Australian Blinder CPU’s.
Why do we recommend BLINDER Laser Jammers over using Radar Detectors?
Perth Western Australia is phasing out the Multanova wet-film radar speed camera, as you are probably already aware. The new digital laser speed cameras will be used (Poliscan Speed). As a result of this, you are far more likely to be targeted by a laser handheld gun or laser based speed camera than you are a radar speed camera. The reason is that all mobile speed cameras used in the Metro area are laser based, this along with the new introduction of the LTi Trucam (Laser Handheld) the primary method of speed enforcement uses Laser technology. Ask yourself, why would you buy a radar detector under these new circumstances.
Blinder Transponders use super sensitive detector diodes which when tested against the Vitronic Poliscan in Germany last month, were able to detect the very faint laser beam from an amazing 400m from the camera. Of all Laser jammer prototypes on the market, none were found to be able to successfully jam/scramble the Poliscan from recording the vehicles speed. The thing about Blinder is that they have upgradeable firmware. As soon as Blinders Engineers develop an algorithm to defeat the Vtronic Poliscan you will be able to download and install the upgrade onto your jammers and you will be covered. Either way, 200-400m warning is far better warning than a lot of users were getting when using a radar detector against the previously used Multanova.
Will Radar Detectors still be useful even though Multanovas are being phased out?
Country towns in Western Australia will still be using the Multanova, making the need for a radar detector in rural towns vital! So the answer is YES, K band radar enforcement used by Highway Patrol has been spotted in many Metro areas, these include Beaufort Street Mount Lawley, Guilford Road Bassendean/Maylands/Guilford. K band frequencies transmitted by the Kustom K Band Radar are fairly easy to pick up as it is a high powered dash mounted radar gun, although these signals in metro areas can be mistaken for false alerts. As an example, the Multanova ran on 0.3mW to 0.5mW whereas this radar runs on 50mW. We also feel that the next dash-mounted radar to be used may be the Stalker KA 34.7Ghz radar, which is a more modern radar unit and transmits within the legal KA Frequency Bandwidth range in Western Australia. Also by purchasing a system such as the Bel STi-R you cover yourself for any future threats that are introduced, on top of that your radar detector will not become a useless piece of electronics ‘if’ radar detectors are banned in WA.
What is a Laser Jammer?
Laser Jammers are a very simple but also sophisticated piece of technology, as you are probably aware of; apart from radar speed cameras, police are now commonly using a Handheld Laser (LIDAR) guns to measure your speed. And now with the introduction of the Vitronic Poliscan, LIDAR is becoming the primary method of speed enforcement. These devices work in a similar but different way to radar by using concentrated light instead of EM waves. The laser gun works by recording the time it takes a burst of infrared light to reach a car, bounce off and return back to the starting point (the gun). Laser Jammers are a device which produces a light beam of its own. When you car is target by a laser system, the laser guns receiver cannot recognize any reflected light off your car, therefore cant get a clear speed reading. This is why it is important you buy a good quality laser jammer which has been tested over and over to guarantee you a quality product.
Laser Jammer or Laser detector?
Dont be fooled by some retailers who will claim their Radar detectors will also give you sufficient warning on handheld guns (laser). They are two different speed measuring technologies.
You are probably wondering why you can buy a Laser Jammer when Radar detectors are called Radar/Laser Detectors, the reason behind is this that a Radar/Laser detector is no more than a radio receiver and light detector. Although, being able to receive a frequency that Radar is transmitting holds a very useful purpose, as radar carries well over long distances, radar speed cameras beams are also a lot wider and are usually constantly transmitted. Even when the Radar threat is not a constant signal, it is still possible to get good warning with a good radar detector. Handheld guns or Laser speed cameras use a very small laser beam, significantly smaller than a radar beam. A laser beam produced is far more focused and it doesnt carry well over long distances. Handheld guns police use, only transmit a laser beam when the trigger is pulled, as a result of this by the time a radar/laser detector recognizes the presence of the laser beam, the car is most likely in the beam’s sights already, it only takes 1-2 seconds for your speed to be recorded, not nearly enough time to slow down. For more information on the new Blinder M27-M47 Australian revision, view the product information.
Interesting facts about the Multanova 6F used in Australia
Your typical radar speed camera can run on up to 100 mW, transmitting a very wide radar beam. Multanovas are more sophisticated, they are very low powered, and instead 50mW try 0.2mW-0.5mW (depending on what setting). Hence, the radar beam is a lot narrower and smaller. If you connect the paragraphs above information with this information, it explains the fact that Multanovas are a lot harder to detect with a radar detector than your usual speed camera, hence why when you buy a radar detector which has been designed to pick up large radar beams working on 50mW, you will be disappointed with the performance against a Multanova.
Vitronic Poliscan – not radar.
Recently introduced to WA is a new type of speed camera, working on an automated Laser (LIDAR) system. The camera shines the laser beam at a 45-degree arc across the road, and registers the speed of any car that passes by. In comparison to the Multanova, the Poliscan works on Laser, whist the Multanova works on radar. The Poliscan can also target up to four lanes of traffic, travelling in both directions, and can record your speed from up to 75 metres away, a bit further than a Multanovas top distance of 45 metres. The camera uses the legal a class 1 laser, known as the 904 nm laser; the same used in handheld guns, as a result of this, if the algorithms and software have been updated, a laser jammer will prevent the system from successfully recording your speed.
